business wàS1 decided ; although fhèybore né share in the conquest, they
secured a pröportiö» öf th é booty;* fhë;fëll0wérs3öf theCèi^hd Frindéj ia
particular, are said to have committed the most wantetl excesses On the
«öhappy natives o# the-coafftry thröugB M tick they passed..
Th é arrangements- attending thêîï* éé®çiîeSt, ‘oCctipièff thé priöcȧ for
Some time. Atraean, with its dependenctes,- was constituted a- province of
the Birman empire, and a May woon, or Viceroy, appointed to govern il,
A man named Sholambee, was first invested whh tMt dfiee; and one
thousand Birman soldieis-were left to garrison the fort; t ^ a l l parties were
likewise distrihuted in the different towns, and many Birmans, who had
obtained grants of lands, damé with their families and settled in the
country, thereby increasing the security of thé state. These matters being
adjusted, the princes returned to the lrrawaddy by*#he Same #oWe!fhey
bad advaû&d, and embarked kf Fodang^earryfng' wifh 'tiisri-Mahasarnda
and all his family- This unfortunate monarch was-tréarédat Uiömërapóöfa
with mach respect ; he was aDotted à smtabfe dwelling and es®Mishmen#,-
which he did net long- eôjbÿ'î before
elapsed, he died a natural deaths after MtedeeeâsëMs='réIMëî$ item Stifr
fered to sink into obscurity mid want. Hie reduction of Arracafl WaS completed
in the short space of a few months.
The more recent actions of the reign of the présent emperor+ may with
greater propriety be circumstantially recounted at some future period ; a
* The in h ab itan ts o f Tongho-are famous fo r their fe ro c ity . a n S lic e n f io u à te s» , a c h a ö c t e r
w e l l presenred b y th e nume rou s fo llo w e r s o f th e Prince of T o n g h o , w h e n th e w riter: o f this-
memoir was at the Birman capital.
t Boa, or emperor, is a title which the present king of the Birmans has assumed ; the sovereign
of China is called Oudee Boa, of Emperor of Oudee, or China.
brief recital jaf Xhfi?prinripal events, and a comcise view of the existing
State of the empire, with the reflections which «.-suck ,a- view- ^naturally
Suggests, wfll enable thereader to form ap, adequate .opinion c ^ th e poffi-
lieal importance of the nation that ha&ihi$aa treated Seif,. and^il|^fc>sevithe
'tBilbJeet of the present Igbapier,;
The|^a|aaJble acquisition of A rja c a iv d id ®ot satisfy .the ‘lustr-of conquest
tbat inflameS the emperor,; he turned his eyes, te^ardk'it|it'eaStern
peninsula, ,whets- the rival state of Siam was recovering its former vigour
after enjoying a long respite from hostility i
- uThe, success, of the Birman arms over sfhe Siamese, coaduGfed-’by
King Shembnan, has’ already been recounted. Although the Birmans
possession o f the inland parts of Siam, they-n&veitlietess
$&&&*&. dornWfon oyer the sea coast; all the ports on th e iW ^m -shore
o f the Peninsula, as, for a s Mergui, in-north lat. 12° ^Gfyh^ntltwed: subject
to them. The island of Junkseylon was the only addition wanting to give
them the; entire dominfori of the western-coast,, as far as the territerieSUpf
the Malay Prince ©f,(^iee&ih;:.by d raining this
ffiOftepoliae the cominsreet of the Peninsula, and prevent the Siamese froth
«ommumeation with India by any other channel; than that o fd ie Goalf^tf
Siam, The tradh e f Junkseylon is considerable in ivory and ribs, i t
Stretches, nearly north and south, about f if ty « siHty miles: the centre of
the Wand is:situated in eight degrees north; it is likewise saidito*;b® desirable
fan® the bfessings of a luxuriant soil, and ai mfflfi «imaite. .T©effoefc
tW-s-object, « te r n shipskef burthen were fitted out a t Rango®^ destined
Id m& ffy troops and warlike stores: the Birmans, though -expert shipwrights,
arq ffa^ffeseht seamen, and altogether ignorant o f the science of
navigation: the present Shawbunder of Rangoon, descended o f a PbFfugueze